photojournalism

rushabh gandhi
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism illustrating a news story through
photography.
 Started in the 1850s when men started adding
photos to newspaper stories.
These photos were added through a process
called engraving. Engravings were not actual
photos, but interpretations of photos created
by an engraver.
Carol Szathmari was the very first
photojournalist. During the Crimean War in
1853 to 1856, he took photos which were sent
to the royal houses in Europe.
In 1880, The Daily Graphic became the first
publication to include a picture that was not an
engraving. This was the first halftone
reproduction of a photograph used for news
purposes.

the first photo printed using a halftone was in the Daily

Graphic in 1880.
Photojournalism's purpose is to add another dimension to a news story so that the viewer or
reader will get a better understanding of the information that is being presented to them.
Photojournalism can be found in every form of modern media.
Types of photojournalism can be found in newspapers, magazines, websites and on TV news.
Rushabh, 22, holding a gun to pose in Dangs, Gujarat
Javeed Khan, 13, holds his weapon as he poses for a photo at the headquarters
of a Lashkar to fight against Taliban militants in their area, in Sultanwas village,
district, Pakistan
 Tim elin es s
the images have meaning in the context of a recently published record of events.
Objectivity
the situation implied by the images is a fair and accurate representation of the events they depict in both content and tone.
Narrative
the images combine with other news elements to make facts relatable to the viewer or reader on a cultural level.
HOW DOES PHOTOJOURNALISM
AFFECT THE WORLD?
In 1963, a Buddhist monk in
Vietnam decided to burn himself to
death while he
was meditating in front of a crowd.
A Sudanese child tries crawling to a
UN camp over a kilometer away. A
vulture waits for her to die so it can
eat her.
This photo became popular
practically
overnight.
The photographer won a Pulitzer
prize
A missionary goes to Uganda in
April, 1980.

Everyone already knows about the

famine in Africa, but seeing
something
like this with your own eyes brings
you to reality
On June 5, 1989, a Chinese man in
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, stood
in
front of a line of tanks, preventing
their advance
Steve Ludlum New York Times
The Gujarat riots of 2002, which
can either be represented by a list of
casualties, which would mean
nothing to most people, or a single
photograph like the one of
Qutubuddin Ansari by Arko Datta.
Sourav Ganguly took off his shirt in
public and brandished it in the air to
celebrate India's winning of the
match.
Final Match of NatWest Trophy
2002, Lords Stadium
Photojournalism goes beyond conveying a mood, it
inspires people to act.
21-year-old Ajmal Kasab, one of
ten terrorists who attacked Mumbai,
India on November 26th, 2008
walks through the Chatrapathi
Sivaji Terminal railway station,
carrying weapons and duffel bags
of ammunition.
(AP Photo/Mumbai Mirror,
Sebastian D'souza)
A look at life in the
country . Pakistani men
pray next to a bullet-
ridden vehicle parked in
the compound of radical
Lal Masjid or Red
mosque as the chief
cleric Maulana Abdul
Aziz, not seen, talks to
his supporters during
Friday prayers, in
Islamabad, Pakistan,
April 17, 2009.
Bangladeshi woman wades through
flood waters with some of her
belongings from her damaged
house.
 

A displaced Pakistani girl looks out

from her tent in Shah Mansour
refugee camp, in northwest
Pakistan,Tuesday, June 9, 2009.
Afghan youth Asad Ullah, 10, talks
with Private First Class U.S.
soldier, Ryan Hayes, from the 2-1
Infantry, 5th. Stryker Brigades, as
he guards a position in a village in
the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about
100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast
of Kandahar, Afghanistan,
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009.
 a photojournalist

In photojournalism, photojournalists are given “unprecedented power and indisputable

information about the world in which we all live”
Role of a Photojournalist

photojournalists have to risk their lives

to bring news back so that people can
be kept informed.
To give information regarding events
that have transpired in the world.
Offer a glimpse of different people,
what they do, places and other things
through the images.
Makes more aware of the society and
its status.
Responsibility of a Photojournalist

Photojournalists have the

responsibility of bringing in
photographs that are objective.
Should not manipulate with the
images and follow the ethics.
• Isn’t everything we’re
looking at real?
• Isn’t everything we’re
looking at real?
• What about the angle,
or things that were
edited out?
• Isn’t everything we’re
looking at real?
• What about the angle,
or things that were
edited out?
• Is this any different
from what print
journalists do?
• In 1994, Time
magazine published
this photo on the cover
• In 1994, Time
magazine published
this photo on the cover
• Except that it didn’t
look like this photo
 code of ethics

“It is the individual responsibility of every photojournalist at all times to strive for
pictures that report truthfully, honestly and objectively.”

“In documentary photojournalism, it is wrong to alter the content of a photograph in

any way (electronically or in the darkroom) that deceives the public.”
a picture story
photojournalist: Charles Omanney
In their last moments in the White House President George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush,
Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynn await the arrival of Barack H. Obama before
he is sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts as the 44th president of the United States on
the West Front of the Capitol on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
the indian side of photojournalism
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Photojournalist
Photojournalist Homai
Raja Deen Dayal Vyarawalla

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Ninety six-year-old Homai Vyarawalla, India's first woman photojournalist
Striking images of death of Gandhiji and the visits of international dignitaries
were stamped on public memory
Her favorite was Pandit Nehru for her pictures
She left photo journalism disgusted and disillusioned with the new face of
Indian Photojournalism
Pictures by Homai Vyarawalla
photojournalists in vadodara
a few photojournalists of vadodara

Vipul Mane
Ranjeet Surve
Ashwin Rajput
Kirti Padiya
Palak Choksi
Dhaivat Suthar
Rahul Jain
the future
Highly dependent on digital
workflow systems
Increase in video journalism
Spy Media Services
Increased liability on
photojournalists with easy modes
for manipulations available
PhotoBlogs
the future begins here…..

a 1st grade kid of a Village Sarsawadi,

Viramgam, Gujarat is now a local
photojournalist

thank you.